Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-30

many attributes thst are so rapidly de-
our city into the dimensions Of q
modern metropolis, one Of the CHIEF
causes Of heallhfulness, is the anund-
ance OF good, pure water flowing and
bubbling up from our 200 ana odd
artesian wells, purer thsn the limpid
waters % mountain streams Now our
city fathers legislate and talk aOOur s9s-
TENS Of gang wells, chain pumps, water
cribs, and gravel fIterers and expe&d
thousands Of dollars year ia and year
out; and Gil for Whist, pray? Simply 10
get clear river water. And they have
never yet succeeded, only when the tug
bid, waywtrd old Trinity has seen fit TO
grow ciearof its OWL accord for ssa-
son. Now, mark my prediction, gentle
men, and l an NO crOakeT: You may dig |
and delYe and sweat ia your gang Wells /
ana gravel beds, IS YOUR predecessors /
have tried without avail, but you nor /
your successors Will ever get the pure, |
clear water you are after from that
source, save at such a cost as will make !
al average alderman feel sick every time
he thinks on it ana wish he had not mon
keyed with 1t. And suppose after the ex-
peDdituse OF ell this work and treasure
you geg che precious clear water, what
are you going to Go With il, pray? Drink
it: l should Say SO. Where is the Fort
Worth citizen, be he high or low, dig or
little, that would no resent as an insult
the cGsrGe inst he drank river water, o.
made his wife or children drink it?
would wager th8t there is not 'rTcc
niger" in the whole city that would
| drink !! wden he could get artesign water.
I VI ,-ivr
water through forty gravel pits, out |
dare say YOU will never persuade the peo-
pie to use it if they cav possibly get arfe-
/ sian water. 30 pity Dallas for having 10
drink river WISER and thau turn round
| and try to make your cwl people drink,
! Toe idea Of 0n3 Masking G4Dg-Heu end &
| flIeri7g- pot cut Of Ms kidneys and stOm-
scn ell for me privilege Of dep-jyI1g him
self Of the blessing and luxury Of cur
! peerless artesiGn waters, already purified
beyond conception 1ar down - natures
great alem5iC! Why, the sg,esian water
Eaulers tell US tina. nobody in the whole
city drinks river water 81 lis c,eGrast,
save n0w end then 81 iEuoIgnt foreigner
oily recently arrived.
Now 10 Whist additional advantage ard
what additional revenue Will tie city
likely derive from the proposed purifca-
ton Of the water. Hardly for Dathiu =
purposes, as it viii still be hard snd is s
failure for that purpose, az the proprie-
tors of tne lighthouses Will testify. AS
for the purposes OF fire protection, for
sewerage purposes, or for lawn and street
sprirkIing, OF the different mechanical
purposes in the city, the cons Jmers for
these purposes will tell you that il makes
little appreCiable difference whether
the water be muddy or clear. The few
live stock that are not given erfesian
water might now and tEen object q
muddy river water. The good house
wives Will never consent to use 1t for
culinary purposes IL preference 10
er.es,au water. Possibly few laundry
men may then choose to use river water,
but Tor rinsiDg purposes oEly. Well,
who and what is to be benefited by 81
CEis expenditure Of treasure? WlEt SUI
staAtiaJ benefit or revenue is to be derive
from il? Let It's advocates answer TO the
taxpayer.
Nov IS 10 the practicable ard common
sense course to pursue; let the city ad-
minjs;ratloL GbaDdon this ephemerel and
expensive scheme OF trying 10 suppant
: nature in the process CT wster purifca-
ton; lei Us abandon tails expensive
scheme OF gong wells and gravel
. fi.ierers, thai sre blasted at e8ch
succeeding freshet and simply Use the
wster IS it comes and for the purposes
! Intended Dy nature.
!, Let he CITY Ihen sink two or three good
2 Grtesian wells near the wattrWOrka, lay Z
dew Sc Of wafer pipes OF small size right
] on top or alongside Of the present system
! apply one # me pumps fOt pumping Chs
same, or if necessary procure smaller
! one for that purpose. Then give the con
2 sumer the option Of tapping eithel
= or both mains, only restricting
l aim in the use Of the ertesi2I
: water 10 culinary, washing, bathing anC
2 drinking purposes only, what would be
j the result? We would find that in less
than six months that every dwelling
5 store, office, room and shop within react
: IL the city would secure connection anC
e oa s patron of the system. l Candidly
e believe that one nall of what the private
consumers now psv for artesisn Watel
1 would pay II per cent per alnum income
,, on the cost of such an expenditure.
T Again, with our very probable STEADY
r increase of population and c0nse quent IN
= creased demand for wster, should the
river ct bny time during the dry season
e get gs low IS it was last summer, ther
6 constant supply from the aEtesian we'll;
o would prove of great benefit. and remove
o al feeling OF apprehension OF lack o.
e water for FIRE protection.
Now il any OF the city fathers feel any
t interest in this matter let them eppoint /:
= committee to look into its practice bility
O and probable cost. We would be glad Il
|. hsYe the views Of some OF our practic.
:, engineers gwen to the press on the mat
n ter. spprehend that the more the meas
= ure is discussed the more the people vii
be satisfied Of the prscticsbility and ne
d cessity Of its ado ton. Respectfully,
e A CONSUMER.